Netherland Fellowship (NUFFIC) awarded for a short term training on Food and Agribusiness at International Agricultural Centre, Waginengen, Netherland (2005)

CIRAD Fellowship (France) awarded for a short term training on Food Science at Institute of CIRAD, Montpellier, France (2005)

Awarded the certificate of commendations at the competition on “Best locally developed and transferred technology” for the Development of coconut paste by National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka on 10th, Nov, 2005

5. K.D.P.P.Gunathilake, K.M.Fernando (2007), Development of Low Cost Coconut Water Vinegar Making Process and evaluation of “Generator Process” to Accelerate the Acetification.Proceedings of International Conference of BioTechnology, May 8-10, 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

D)National Conference Proceedings/Abstracts

1. L.A.C.N.Lihinikadu Arachchi, K.D.P.P.Gunathilake, V P N Prasadi and C V L Jayasinghe (2008).”Evaluation of the shelf life quality of deep frozen coconut based products” in proceedings of the 64th Annual Session of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

2. Gunathilake K.D.P.P. (2005).”Manufacturing of coconut water vinegar and some observation on the physico-chemical and sensory quality of the product” in proceedings of the 61st Annual Session of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.

11. Samarasinghe N.H, Gunathilake K.D.P.P (2004) “Isolation and characterization of Dikiri coconut pectin and development of Jam” In Proceedings of 4th Agricultural Research Symposium of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.

13. Kumarasinghe,K.H.A.L.S., Gunathilake K.D.P.P (2003) “Development of a dehydrated food product from tender coconut kernel” In Proceedings of 3rd Agricultural Research Symposium of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.

14. Bandara,H.R.N.W, Gunathilake K.D.P.P.(2002) “Preparation of coconut water beverage” In Proceedings of 2nd Agricultural Research Symposium of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.

2. K.D.P.P. Gunathilake. Developing student leadership through academic advising. In the book of Achieving success in higher education through a growth mindset (2014) of Staff Development Centre of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka